I usually restrain myself from personal posts on School of Flash, but this time, I couldn’t help myself. I took this picture earlier today, and…
Adobe Unveils CS4
This morning, I joined hundreds of thousands of people around the world for an online streaming presentation of Adobe Creative Suite 4. My overall impression…
Flash Websites to Become More Searchable
For years, the advice has always been that if you want good search engine results, then you don’t want to create your website entirely with…
Busy Busy Busy
I just wanted to apologize for the long wait between posts. Things have been crazy in the Campbell household lately. We’ve got a kid on…
Flash CS3 Tutorial – Movie Clip Buttons
(Also see our tutorial on coding animated Movie Clip Buttons in ActionScript 3 that don’t rely on timeline animations.) Many Flash beginners stick with using button symbols…
Flash CS3 Tutorial – ActionScript 3 Preloader
There is very little that will push users away quicker than a bulky Flash website with no preloader. Without a preloader, your users will have…
ActionScript 3 Tutorial – What Happened to getURL?
For those of you who are new to ActionScript 3, you might be wondering what happened to the getURL() function. It used to be so…
Papervision 3D
As a trainer, one of the questions I get a lot from beginners is “How do I do 3D in Flash?” And historically, I’ve always…
Tutorial – Using Sound in ActionScript 3
Lately it seems that everyone has become somewhat of a music snob. Everyone is convinced that his or her taste in music is perfectly objective…
Before There Were Keyframes
As I watched the goat leap gracelessly into the air, I thought to myself, “What an amateurish attempt at animation!” Where’s the anticipation, when the…